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5-letter words (4 found)

AMAIN,AMNIA,ANIMA,MANIA,

4-letter words (7 found)

AMIA,AMIN,MAIN,MANA,MANI,MINA,NAAM,

3-letter words (12 found)

AIA,AIM,AIN,AMA,AMI,ANA,ANI,MAA,MAN,MNA,NAM,NIM,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AM,AN,IN,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 31 words from amain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of amain

amain maain aamin aamin maain amain amian maian aiman iaman miaan imaan aaimn aaimn aiamn iaamn aiamn iaamn maian amian miaan imaan aiman iaman amani maani aamni aamni maani amani amnai manai anmai namai mnaai nmaai aanmi aanmi anami naami anami naami manai amnai mnaai nmaai anmai namai amina maina aimna iamna miana imana amnia mania anmia namia mnaia nmaia ainma ianma anima naima inama niama minaa imnaa mniaa nmiaa inmaa nimaa aainm aainm aianm iaanm aianm iaanm aanim aanim anaim naaim anaim naaim ainam ianam aniam naiam inaam niaam ainam ianam aniam naiam inaam niaam maina amina miana imana aimna iamna mania amnia mnaia nmaia anmia namia minaa imnaa mniaa nmiaa inmaa nimaa ainma ianma anima naima inama niama

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Definitions and meaning of amain

amain

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From a- (prefix with the sense ‘at; in; on; with’, used to show a state, condition, or manner) +‎ main (“force, power, strength”). Main is derived from Middle English mayn (“strength”), from Old English mæġen (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power, strength”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).

Adverb

amain (comparative more amain, superlative most amain)

  1. (archaic, literary) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently. [from 16th c.]
  2. (archaic) At full speed; also, in great haste. [from 16th c.]
  3. (British, dialectal) Out of control.
  4. (obsolete) Exceedingly; overmuch.
Alternative forms
  • amaine (obsolete)
Related terms
  • main
  • mainly (“(obsolete) forcefully, vigorously”)
  • might and main
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish amainar (“to reef a sail (take in part of a sail to adapt its size to the force of the wind); to abate, die down, subside; to ease off, let up; of a person: to calm down, control one’s anger”); further etymology uncertain, probably from a regional Italian (Naples) word (compare Italian ammainare (“to lower or reef (a flag, sail, etc.)”)), from Vulgar Latin *invagīnare (“to sheathe (a sword); to put away, stow”), from Latin in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + vāgīna (“scabbard, sheath; covering, holder; vagina”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wag- (“cover; sheath”)).

Verb

amain (third-person singular simple present amains, present participle amaining, simple past and past participle amained) (obsolete)

  1. (transitive)
    1. (nautical) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).
    2. (figuratively) To decrease or reduce (something).
  2. (intransitive, nautical) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.

References

Further reading

  • Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “AMAIN, adv.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 47, column 2.

Anagrams

  • -mania, Amina, Maina, Mania, amnia, anima, mania

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse almanna (“for everyone”).

Adjective

amain m

  1. (Jersey) of easy use

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamaˈʔin/, [ʔɐ.mɐˈʔin]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧in

Noun

amaín (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: tito, tiyo, tiyong, tiyuhin, amba, (slang) tsong
  2. stepfather
    Synonyms: amang-panguman, padrastro, tiyuhin, tiyo, tiyong

Coordinate terms

  • inain

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English amen, from Old English [Term?], from Latin āmēn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːˈmɛn/

Interjection

amain

  1. amen

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22

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